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[Bug] X/Twitter: Post with video - which quotes a post with yet another video - appears to download the same video twice #1833

@MuffinOfPotato

Description

@MuffinOfPotato

Describe the bug

  1. Press the 'Add' button for the following link, and click 'Discover'.
    https://x.com/spherection/status/2047051025845248264

  2. Go to 'Items', and you will see two queued videos ready to download. Clicking the '...' on each listed video shows the appropriate end time for each discovered video (00:00:11, 00:00:22).

  3. Press 'Download', and upon completion you should see a folder titled "sage - https___t.co_2sh5efVBr6" in your downloads folder.

  4. Check both files to discover that they're duplicates of the same video, specifically the latter video with the runtime of 22 seconds.

Describe the expected result

One of the outputs should have been the other 11 second video. This functions perfectly fine on the current version of yt-dlp itself (2026.3.17), but not through Parabolic. Disabling/enabling either video before download still only outputs the same 22 second video.

URL

https://x.com/spherection/status/2047051025845248264

Download Options

File Type: MP4 (Video)
Suggested Video Resolution: Best
Suggested Audio Bitrate: Best

Debugging Information

App: Nickvision Parabolic
Version: 2026.4.0

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Deployment Mode: Local
Locale: en-US
Running From: C:\Program Files\Nickvision Parabolic\Release
NativeAOT: True

Log path: C:\Users\reaga\AppData\Local\Nickvision Parabolic\app.log

yt-dlp: 2026.3.17
deno: 2.7.13
ffmpeg: n8.1-10-g7f5c90f77e-20260419 
aria2: 1.37.0

{
  "Theme": "2",
  "AllowPreviewUpdates": "false",
  "TranslationLanguage": "",
  "InstalledYtdlpAppVersion": "{\r\n    \u0022BaseVersion\u0022: \u00222026.3.17\u0022,\r\n    \u0022PreviewLabel\u0022: \u0022\u0022\r\n  }",
  "InstalledDenoAppVersion": "{\r\n    \u0022BaseVersion\u0022: \u00222.7.12\u0022,\r\n    \u0022PreviewLabel\u0022: \u0022\u0022\r\n  }",
  "ShowDislcaimerOnStartup": "false",
  "PreventSuspend": "false",
  "OverwriteExistingFiles": "true",
  "LimitCharacters": "true",
  "IncludeMediaIdInTitle": "true",
  "IncludeAutoGeneratedSubtitles": "true",
  "PreferredVideoCodec": "0",
  "PreferredAudioCodec": "0",
  "PreferredSubtitleFormat": "0",
  "PreferredFrameRate": "0",
  "UsePartFiles": "true",
  "YouTubeSponsorBlock": "false",
  "ProxyUrl": "",
  "CookiesBrowser": "0",
  "CookiesPath": "",
  "TranslateMetadataAndChapters": "true",
  "EmbedMetadata": "true",
  "RemoveSourceData": "false",
  "EmbedThumbnails": "true",
  "CropAudioThumbnails": "false",
  "EmbedChapters": "false",
  "EmbedSubtitles": "true",
  "PostprocessingArguments": "[]",
  "UseAria": "false",
  "YtdlpDiscoveryArgs": "",
  "YtdlpDownloadArgs": "",
  "MaxNumberOfActiveDownloads": "5",
  "PostprocessingThreads": "24",
  "AriaMaxConnectionsPerServer": "16",
  "AriaMinSplitSize": "20",
  "DownloadImmediately": "false",
  "AudioOnlyFileType": "7",
  "ShowDisclaimerOnStartup": "False",
  "installed_deno_appversion": "{\r\n  \u0022BaseVersion\u0022: \u00222.7.13\u0022,\r\n  \u0022PreviewLabel\u0022: \u0022\u0022\r\n}",
  "VideoFormatIds": "{\r\n  \u0022Video\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MP4\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MKV\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022WEBM\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MOV\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022AVI\u0022: \u0022BEST_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022Audio\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MP3\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022M4A\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022OPUS\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022FLAC\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022WAV\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022OGG\u0022: \u0022NONE_VIDEO\u0022\r\n}",
  "AudioFormatIds": "{\r\n  \u0022Video\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MP4\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MKV\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022WEBM\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MOV\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022AVI\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022Audio\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022MP3\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022M4A\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022OPUS\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022FLAC\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022WAV\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022,\r\n  \u0022OGG\u0022: \u0022BEST_AUDIO\u0022\r\n}",
  "PostProcessorArgumentName": "",
  "WindowGeometry": "{\r\n  \u0022Height\u0022: 700,\r\n  \u0022IsMaximized\u0022: false,\r\n  \u0022Width\u0022: 900,\r\n  \u0022X\u0022: 2576,\r\n  \u0022Y\u0022: 4\r\n}",
  "DownloadImmediatelyAsVideo": "False",
  "DownloadImmediatelyAsAudio": "False",
  "SaveFolder": "C:\\Users\\reaga\\Downloads",
  "FullFileType": "1",
  "VideoOnlyFileType": "1",
  "VideoResolution": "{\r\n  \u0022Width\u0022: 2147483647,\r\n  \u0022Height\u0022: 2147483647\r\n}",
  "AudioBitrate": "1.7976931348623157E\u002B308",
  "ExportM3U": "False",
  "ReverseDownloadOrder": "False",
  "NumberTitles": "False",
  "SplitChapters": "False",
  "ExportDescription": "False",
  "SubtitleLanguages": "[]"
}

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